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 * **social**, by undermining people’s trust in political society, institutions, and leaders
 * **environmental**, by facilitating non-enforcement of environmental laws and regulations.
 
-According to the [World Bank](https://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/governance/brief/anti-corruption) in 2017, businesses and individuals pay an estimated $1.5 trillion in bribes each year.
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 ## GitHub policies prohibiting bribery
 
 GitHub makes our anti-bribery commitment clear in a number of company policies. As part of the Microsoft family, GitHub is also committed to Microsoft's Anti-Corruption Policy, which applies to all GitHub employees and contractors, in addition to the policies described here.